LAKEPORT – Membership on the county's Genetically Engineered (GE) Crop Advisory Committee and consideration of renewed mitigations on the geothermal power plant now operating under Bottle Rock Power LLC will go before the Board of Supervisors at its meeting this Tuesday, Dec. 1.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. TV Channel 8 will broadcast the meeting live.
The agenda can be downloaded at www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/BOS_Agendas.htm .
A 2 p.m. board discussion will consider the proposed changes to the GE Crops Advisory Committee's membership, as well as recommendations regarding growing GE crops in Lake County.
In October, after the group – which has met since January – was unable to come to a final recommendation by unanimous consensus, the board suggested reducing its membership from 13 members and about six alternates down to seven members total. Revised membership was to come to the board earlier this month but the group decided to meet and come up with its own suggestions.
At 10:30 a.m., the board will continue a discussion from earlier this month regarding the Water Resources Division's request that Bottle Rock Power LLC be required to pay mitigation funds, which had been a requirement of the geothermal plant's permit when it had been operated in the 1980s by the state Department of Water Resources, as Lake County News has reported.
In other business, at 10 a.m. the annual meeting of the Lake County Redevelopment Agency will be held, including the presentation of the agency’s annual report on the Northshore Project Area for fiscal year 2008-09.
Other items on the agenda include the following.
Timed items:
9 a.m.: Approval of consent agenda, which includes items that are expected to be routine and noncontroversial; presentation of animals that are available for adoption at the Lake County Animal Care and Control Shelter.
9:05 a.m.: Citizens input. Any person may speak for three minutes about any subject of concern,
provided that it is within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors and is not already on today's agenda.
9:10 a.m.: Presentation of Proclamation designating December as World AIDS Month in Lake County
9:15 a.m.: Assessment appeal hearings for properties owned by James Offenbach at 1600 and 1622 N. Main St., Lakeport.
9:45 a.m.: Presentation of report on domestic violence services provided by Lake Family Resource Center.
10:15 a.m.: Discussion/consideration of request to authorize the Lake County Redevelopment Agency to proceed with the purchase of a town clock as part of the Upper Lake Main Street Project.
11 a.m.: Hearing on notice of nuisance abatement, 10865 Pine Point Road, Cobb, CA (APN 051-012-11 - Floridalma Alvarez and Youri Bezdenejnykh).
1:30 p.m.: Discussion/consideration of request for commitment from the Board of Supervisors regarding proposed use of vacant county property located at 15837 18th Ave., Clearlake (approximately 15 acres), for mixed use multi-agency campus.
1:45 p.m.: Discussion/consideration of proposed resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the California Energy Commission’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program to develop an Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy Financing Program.
2:30 p.m.: (a) Consideration of request from Denise Hagy (Lake Marine Construction), for waiver of Construction Traffic Road Fee in the amount of $112, for project located at 9595 Winflower Point, Clearlake Park (APN 036-481-04); and (b) Consideration of request for waiver of all future Construction Traffic Road Fees associated with construction projects for Lake Marine Construction.
2:45 p.m.: Discussion/consideration of property owner’s request for relief from penalties imposed for non payment of nuisance abatement lien on property located at 3297 East Highway 20, Nice (APN 032-123-02).
Nontimed items:
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Discussion and determination of Board’s interest in initiating preparation of an ordinance prohibiting and/or restricting the sale of tobacco products near schools.
– Continued from Nov. 17: Discussion/consideration of proposed Resolution supporting “Repair
California’s” ballot amendments calling a State Constitutional Convention.
– Discussion/consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Gerardo Toribio, M.D. for specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2009/2010, not to exceed $22,500
– Continued from Nov. 17: (a) Consideration of recommendation for award of Bid No. 10-15 for
the purchase of one new 2009/2010 full size four-wheel drive, extended cab/super cab dual rear wheel, flat-bed truck; (b) consideration of report and staff recommendation in response to the board’s previous
directive to research the availability of a used vehicle in lieu of purchasing a new vehicle.
– Discussion/consideration of award of Bid No. 10-14 to Holder Ford in the amount of $86,942.34, for the purchase of three identical 2010 full sized ½ ton 4-wheel drive, extended cab/supercab, short bed pickup.
– Continued from Nov. 17: Discussion/consideration of request for authorization to destroy time
reports and hours proofs for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier; vacation and sick leave accruals for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier (retain year end balances); quarter to date reports for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier; department time sheets for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier; unsecured tax rolls for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier; secured tax rolls for fiscal year 1996-97 and earlier; paid warrants for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier; and paid claims and invoices for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier; and deposit
permits for fiscal year 2003-04 and earlier.
Consent agenda:
– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Nov. 17, 2009.
– Adopt proclamation designating December as World AIDS Month in Lake County.
– Approve revised plans and specifications for Lucerne Third Avenue Plaza Pier Improvement Project.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ amending position allocations in Budget Unit No. 4014 - Mental Health (deleting one Deputy Mental Health Director - Fiscal Administration and adding one Deputy Mental Health Director - Fiscal Administration I/II).
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving Agreement #09-0593 with the State of California; Department of Food and Agriculture and authorizing execution and signature for pest detection/light brown apple moth (LBAM) activities for fiscal year 2009-10.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving the application and certification statement for the State Department of Health Care Services, CMS Branch’s California Childrens Services (CCS) Administration Plan Renewal Grant for Fiscal Year 2009/2010 and authorize the board
chair to sign said certification statement.
– Approve change to the County Library holiday schedule beginning 2010, as recommended in the Memorandum dated November 6, 2009, from County Librarian Susan Clayton.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving Right of Way Certification for Lakeshore Boulevard - Class II Bike Lane Project (ESPLE-5914 (062) North Lakeport).
– Approve Engineering and Inspection Agreement between county of Lake and Kurt Steil and Gary Johnson for review of plans and specifications and inspection of work for a Merger Re-subdivision
(MRS 08-02), located at 16756 Butts Canyon Road, Middletown (APNs 014-003-83 and 014-140-05), and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve grant deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation (a portion of APN 034-463-27 - Gladys J. Donohue), and approve purchase agreement between the county of Lake and Gladys J. Donohue for Robinson Road Storm Damage Project located in Lakeport, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Sept. 18, 2009 (Butts Canyon Road PM 7.96
to 8.06 Storm Damage Repair; Bid No. PW 09-08).
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Sept. 18, 2009 (Butts Canyon Road PM 8.84
to 8.97 Storm Damage Repair; Bid No. 09-40).
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ temporarily prohibiting parking and authorizing removal of vehicles and ordering the Department of Public Works to post signs (temporarily prohibiting parking on Hartmann
Road from Coyote Valley Road to Hidden Valley Road, on Dec. 5, 2008, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., during the Annual Community Holiday Tree Lighting event).
– Approve staff’s recommendation to reject all bids for the construction of Soda Bay Road Rehabilitation and Overlay MP 11.9 to 13.8.
– Approve revised plans and specifications for Soda Bay Road Rehabilitation and Overlay MP 11.5 to 13.8.
– (a) Accept statement of write-in votes cast for a qualified write-in candidate for the office of governing board member of to the Upper Lake Union Elementary School Districts; and (b) accept certified statement of votes cast in the Nov. 3, 2009, Consolidated General District Election.
– Approve contract between the county of Lake and the State Department of Boating and Waterways, for purchase of a replacement patrol boat and trailer (awarded a grant in the amount of $80,000 from
the State Department of Boating and Waterways), and authorize the chair to sign.
The board also will hold a closed session for conference with labor negotiators, performance evaluation of the county's information technology director and conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation, California Sportfishing Alliance v. County of Lake, et al.
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